Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "Susan Sarandon"

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Shall We Dance ***½ (2004, Richard Gere, Jennifer Lopez, Susan Sarandon, Richard Jenkins, Bobby Cannavale, Stanley Tucci) – Classic Movie Review 1058

Richard Gere steps lively in director Peter Chelsom’s very entertaining, heart-warming 2004 remake of the 1995 Japanese movie. Married, workaholic lawyer John Clark (Gere) enrols at a dance studio, lured there by lovely Paulina (Jennifer Lopez) looking […]

Apr, 05

Dead Man Walking ***** (1995, Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn) – Classic Movie Review 1007

Writer-director Tim Robbins’s triumphant 1995 film stars his then life partner Susan Sarandon, who won a highly deserved Best Actress Oscar portraying the real-life nun who helps a convicted killer (Oscar-nominated Best Actor Sean Penn) […]

Mar, 28

Thelma and Louise ***** (1991, Geena Davis, Susan Sarandon, Harvey Keitel, Brad Pitt, Michael Madsen, Christopher McDonald) – Classic Movie Review 702

Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon enjoy roles to die for as female buddies Thelma and Louise in director Ridley Scott’s rousing 1991 film, advertised as the first feminist, buddy-buddy road-movie. A weekend break from the […]

Jan, 15

The Celluloid Closet **** (1995, Lily Tomlin, Tony Curtis, Gore Vidal, Farley Granger, Harvey Fierstein, Quentin Crisp, Whoopi Goldberg, Tom Hanks) – Classic Film Review 656

Joint directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman’s 1995 invaluable documentary is a revealing and entertaining look at cinema’s 100 years of hidden agendas. Armistead Maupin’s screenplay is based on Vito Russo’s landmark book on gays […]

Jan, 08

The Client **** (1994, Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, Brad Renfro, J T Walsh, Will Patton, William H Macy) – Classic Movie Review 653

Director Joel Schumacher’s tense and exciting 1994 thriller is still the best of the film adaptations of John Grisham’s legal mystery novels so far. Susan Sarandon was Oscar nominated and won the BAFTA Film Award for […]

Jan, 08

Elizabethtown **** (2005, Orlando Bloom, Kirsten Dunst, Susan Sarandon, Alec Baldwin, Paul Schneider, Jessica Biel, Judy Greer) – Classic Movie Review 611

Writer-director Cameron Crowe’s 2005 film is another warm-hearted, deliciously quirky treat from the maker of Jerry Maguire. Orlando Bloom stars as a shoe designer called Drew Baylor, who decides to commit suicide after being responsible […]

Jan, 02

Little Women **** (1994, Susan Sarandon, Winona Ryder, Trini Alvarado, Claire Danes, Samantha Mathis, Kirsten Dunst, Christian Bale, Eric Stoltz, Mary Wickes, Gabriel Byrne, John Neville) – Classic Movie Review 419

After several previous famous movie versions, notably the 1933 Little Women with Katharine Hepburn and the 1949 Little Women with Elizabeth Taylor, this is a most attractive, appealing and beautiful-looking 1994 version of Louisa May […]

Nov, 17

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